Sulky



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W. S. FRAZIER. Sulky.

No. 233,744. Patented Oct. 26, I880.

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UNITED STATES PATENT QEEIcE.

IVALTER S. FRAZIER, OF AURORA, ILLINOIS.

SULKY..

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 233,744, dated October 26, 1880.

Application filed May 10,1880.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WALTER S. FRAZIER, residing at Aurora, in the county of Kane and State of Illinois, and a citizen of the United States, have invented a new and useful 1mprovement in Sulkies or other Two-Wheeled Vehicles, of which the following is a full description, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a side elevation with a wheel removed, and Fig. 2 a bottom or under View view with one of the foot-board bars broken partly away.

The object of this invention is to provide a sulky or other two -wheeled vehicle with a spring-seat and a floor-board platform or footrestto move with the seat and relieve the feet and knees from the jarring action of a springseat, combined with a fixed platform or footboard; and its nature consists in attaching one end of the feet-supporting device to the shafts or other fixed part or parts of the vehicle and supporting the other end from the spring-seat or the seat-supports by means of rods or equivalent device or devices, as hereinafter described.

In the drawings, a indicates the axle of a sulky; b, the wheels; 0, the shafts; cl, the seatsupports; 6, the seat; f, the connecting rod or rods g, platform or foot-rest supports 5 h, platform or foot-rest; t, springs; j, links or attaching couplings or clips; k, hinges, and l a cross-bar for connecting the shafts together.

The wheels, axle, and shafts are made in any of the usual or well-known forms in the ordinary manner.

The seat, which may be single or double and of any desired form, is supported upon the (No model.)

kind of hinge down to a leather one will answer the purpose, and the bars may be hinged to the shafts at any desired point along their length, or to the cross-bar 1. Their rear ends are supported from the seat or seat-bars by the rods j, which connect them with the bars 01; but it is evident a single rod connecting the seat with the platform at the middle may be made to take the place of the two rods shown. These rods may be simple rods, or one end may be provided with a screw-thread and a nut, the purpose being to connect one end of the platform with the seat or its supports, so that the two will maintain the same relative position to each other, or nearly the same.

When the nut and screw-threaded rod or rods are used the distance between the footrest and seat may be varied or adjusted to suit different persons.

The operation will be apparent from the desoription.

I do not limit myself to rods for connecting the foot-rest with the seat. This might be done by means of wood framing, by chains, or straps.

It is not necessary that the front of the footrest be connected with some part by a hinge. Usually a flexible connection will be desirable; but in some cases a connection which is rigid, or nearly so, may be used.

By giving the bars g a curved, bent, or angular form, as shown, a short bar can be used and the required distance between the seat and foot-rest be maintained without any inconvenient slant or inclination that would he objectionable in use. The forward ends of these bars can have a still shorter curve than that shown, or a bend or upward turn, in

which case the point of attachment of their forward ends can be still farther back and not produce any inconvenience in use. Straight bars, if used, would need to be much longer sity of any framing or supports between the axle and. seat, and also any lengthening out of the vehicle as a whole.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a snlky or two-wheeled vehicle having its shafts connected with the axle and a seat supported by the shafts, the combination of a curved or bent movable foot-rest support with one or more rods or straps, f, supporting the rear end of such foot-rest, substantially as specified.

2. The combination of the supports or bars 67, fulcrum-springs i, and shafts c with the O. W. BOND, H. F. BRUNS. 

